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0|0|0|||||Just Back From Hogtown|jhosmer1||22:54:47|07/05/2009|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Jul-05-09 AT 11:04 PM (EDT)]Ever since I first read Symphony of the Sword%2C I%27ve wanted to visit Toronto.  Gryphon just made it sound like a very interesting place.  But%2C the stars never quite aligned for me until this last weekend%2C when the wife and I finally went.%0D%0A%0D%0AI found it a very friendly%2C interesting city.  It IS a good city for girl-watching%2C and the weather was gorgeous.  The Ontario Science Center was a lot of fun%2C as was the Royal Ontario Museum %28where we got to see the Dead Sea Scrolls%29 and the Bata Shoe Museum.  We spent some time today at Casa Loma %28a castle on a hill in Toronto%29%2C where they were holding a RenFest.  One of the patrons was a girl with pink hair%2C which I found rather surreal.%0D%0A%0D%0ASo%2C thank you Gryphon%2C for letting me know of this great city.  We plan to go back someday.%0D%0A%0D%0ASadly%2C I must report that Happy Seven is no more.  Someone YouTubed a video of rats in their front window.  The Health Department was not amused.  Also%2C while Sneaky Dee%27s still exists%2C it seems to be a TexMex Grill now.  I took pictures%2C and once I upload them onto the internet somewhere%2C I will post the links for anyone who is interested.%0D%0A%0D%0AEdit%3A  Almost forgot.  I found two of Saionji%27s moose.  One in the CN Tower%2C the other on the side of the road.  I forget exactly where.
1|1|0|||1||RE%3A Just Back From Hogtown|Gryphon||23:33:39|07/05/2009|%3Eand the Bata Shoe Museum.%0D%0A%0D%0AAh%2C the Bata Shoe Museum wins another convert.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3ESadly%2C I must report that Happy Seven is no more.  Someone YouTubed a %0D%0A%3Evideo of rats in their front window.  The Health Department was not %0D%0A%3Eamused.%0D%0A%0D%0AYikes%21  That%27s... alarming.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EAlso%2C while Sneaky Dee%27s still exists%2C it seems to be a %0D%0A%3ETexMex Grill now. %0D%0A%0D%0AYeah%2C Sneaky%27s was no longer itself by the time Truss and I went there a few years ago%2C IIRC.  But then%2C the Symphony version was never based on the real one anyway - though it%27s where such a thing once was in real life%2C its interior %28and proprietor%29 were made up from whole cloth.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EEdit%3A  Almost forgot.  I found two of Saionji%27s moose.  One in the CN %0D%0A%3ETower%2C the other on the side of the road.  I forget exactly where. %0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m a little impressed that any of them are still there%3B they were originally made for a municipal art exhibition that was supposed to last something like six months.%0D%0A%0D%0AGlad you had a good time in Toronto%21%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Admin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
2|2|1|||||RE%3A Just Back From Hogtown|jhosmer1||22:56:04|07/06/2009|OK%2C so I uploaded some pictures... They%27re on Flickr%2C so they probably won%27t show up here forever.%0D%0A%0D%0AFirst%2C here%27s what I found at Happy Seven%27s address%3A%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3617%2F3695915559_f3d06481c7.jpg%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd here%27s the likely reason why%3A  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DXcWajDKouIs%0D%0A%0D%0ASecond%2C our first moose%21%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2518%2F3695916429_4001d9d986.jpg%0D%0A%0D%0AThe Mountie Moose%2C at the CN Tower%2C with myself%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2463%2F3696726452_d49a5c0ccc.jpg%0D%0A%0D%0ASneaky Dee%27s from the front...%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3601%2F3696726894_08fecb8fb1.jpg%0D%0A%0D%0A...and the side%3A%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2604%2F3696727458_d9be7ed3ab.jpg%0D%0A%0D%0AIf none of thse work%2C you can find the pics at our flickr account%2C at my Toronto 2009 Photostream%3A  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2F68108758%40N00%2Fsets%2F72157620933187941%2F%0D%0A